SOCIOLOGY 301 FOUNDATIONS of SOCIOLOGY I

SOCIOLOGY 301
FOUNDATIONS of SOCIOLOGY I

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY - WINTER TERM, 2016

INSTRUCTOR: Michael A. Toth, Ph.D.
Office: CH 271U Phone: 725-3926 or email: tothm@pdx.edu
Office Hours: by appointment

Teaching Assistant: Kyla Tompkins: kto2@pdx.ed

Required Reading:

The Social Lens: An Invitation to Social and Sociological Theory, 3^rd Edition
by Kenneth Allan (ISBN 978-1-4129-9278-7) available from the PSU Bookstore
and various sources online. [2^nd Edition is also acceptable]

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~ Working Schedule ~
There may be slight variations in the schedule as the term unfolds...

**SUPPLEMENTAL REPOSITORY of COURSE GRAPHICS**
Dates & ALLAN CHAPTERS		Topic & Resources	ADDITIONAL Supporting Readings		Quizzes & Essays
Jan 5, 7, 12	1 2	Insights Into Sociology What Sociology has to Offer A Systematic Introduction to Sociology Sociology: The Early Years	Personal Reflections of a Sociologist What's Special About Our Brain? Discussion Reading: The Sacred Canopy, Chap 1 (Sacred Canopy Lexicon)	August Comte Herbert Spencer Behind the Barricades Age of Small Terror	UNIT 1 In-class Quiz - Jan 12 Essay Questions & Core Ideas due Jan 19
Jan 14, 19, 21, 26	3	KARL MARX Building a Toaster from scratch Why are glasses so expensive? *Labor Practices & the iPhone* Uber' Business Model-NYT	Marx The Dialectic Powerpoint Patent used as a sword Discussion Reading: Communist Manifesto	Intro, Quotes, Alienation, Materialism, Labor Theory of Value, Social Class Declining Midddle Class- NYT	UNIT 2 Discussion Prompt In-class Quiz - Jan 26 Essay Questions & Core Ideas due Feb 2
Jan 26, 28, Feb 2, 4	5	EMILE DURKHEIM Are People Inherently Good? [play] VooDoo [play] Effervescence: 1 2 (144)	Durkheim Discussion Readings: Elementary Forms: 1, 2, 4, 6,7 Durkheim PowerPoint	Commentary on Elementary Forms of Religious Life Marx & Durkheim on Religion	UNIT 3 In-class Quiz - Feb 4 Essay Questions & Core Ideas due Feb 9
Feb 9, 11, 16	4	MAX WEBER Social Action Weber Powerpoint The Decline of Necessity, The Incline of Illusion	Weber Discussion Reading: Protestant Ethic Discussion Prompts	Satan: a parable on the origin of religion Going to College November 11 I Have a Dream Speech Hitler Speech	UNIT 4 In-class Quiz - Feb 16 Essay Questions & Core Ideas due Feb 23
Feb 18, 23	7	CHARLOTTE GILMAN Not Their Mother's Candidate W.E.B. DUBOIS Sons of the Great Migration	Gilman (introduction) DuBois resources	Import of Philadelphia Negro Study DuBois Sites The African American Century	UNIT 5 Combined Quiz Essay due Mar 1 (no Core Ideas required)
Feb 23, 25, Mar 1, 3	6	GEORG SIMMEL THE SHIFT TO AMERICA THE CHICAGO SCHOOL SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM The Blue Dress George H Mead Powerpoint	Simmel The Chicago School Park, Thomas, Cooley Mead Discussion Reading: Why Sociology is Difficult	Microsociology and Simmel The Stranger Simmel PowerPoint Chicago PowerPoint George Herbert Mead Mind, Self, & Society\|	UNIT 6 Combined Quiz Essay & Core Ideas due Mar 8
Mar 8, 10	8	TALCOTT PARSONS Parsons PowerPoint ROBERT MERTON Merton PowerPoint	The Social System Manifest & Latent Functions INTERFACE ANALYSIS Discussion Reading: Parsons & the University	Parsons: Functionalism, Merton: Structuralism Merton's Legacy Merton: Role Set	UNIT 7 Combined Quiz Essay Final Extra Credit Options
Thurs, Mar 17		4:30 pm ALL FINAL MATERIALS DUE IN DEPARTMENT OFFICE: CRAMER HALL 217

ADDITIONAL SITES OF SIGNIFICANT INTEREST:

Wikopedia List of Sociologists

SocioWeb The SocioLog

Dead Sociologist's Index The Sociology Ring

Sociological Timeline (from 1600) Sociological Subject Areas

Sociologists - Both Dead and Alive
Ritzer's Classical Sociological Theory Website

SocioWeb	The SocioLog
Dead Sociologist's Index	The Sociology Ring
Sociological Timeline (from 1600)	Sociological Subject Areas
Sociologists - Both Dead and Alive	Ritzer's Classical Sociological Theory Website